Improvement in lambrequins



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. wnmdgtntea HENRY M. JOHNSTON, OF NEW YORK, N; Y.

" Letters Patent No. 105,693, dated July 26, 1870; antedated July 11, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMBREQUINS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY M. Jonns'rox, of the city, county,'and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Lambrequin; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description'th'ereof. 4 Lambrequins have been in use for a long time, an

it is generally conceded that there is nothing that adds more to the adornment of rooms; yet, owing to their expensaarising from the use of the costly materials of which they are made, many people of refined taste and love of the beautiful are prevented using them.

. My invention consists in making a lambrequin having a body of paper,.or paper and cloth combined, the

papershri'ace of which [ornament in any suitable manner.

By the use of my invention Iam enabled to manufacture lambrequinsjout of paper, or paper and cloth combined, ornamented'in close imitation of silk, satin,

'cloth, velvet, and other suitable materials, with'imitation trimmings of gimp, lace, cording, gilding, bronzing, and other suitable ornamentation, and at such a reduced cost that all-persons of limited means may enjoy their use.

I will now proceed to describe my invention, so as to enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and make use of the same. a In the-production of my improved lambrequins, I use one or more sheets or layers of paper of varying or equal thickness, or of various qualities and fine- ,ness, and I unite the sheetstoget-her with paste, glue, or other suitable adhesive mixture, and, if it is desirable to give extra strength to the lambre'quin, I then embody one or more, sheetsof cloth with or between the sheets of paper; or I back the paper up withv cloth;

The sheets of paper, or paper and-cloth, can be easily united by first wetting them, and applying the adhesive mixture to the surface of the sheets by means of a brush, and then pressing them together in any convenient manner,and allowing them to dry.

' water or oil-colors, or in any other desirable manner.

Very rich and beautiful variations in the decoration can be obtained by gilding, bronzing, or printing in designswith various colors.

The designof the lambrequin may be decorated upon the surface of the paper, or paper and cloth, and, after the decoration is finished, it may then be out; but I prefer cutting the lambrequin before decorating it, in which case the edges can be covered inthe process of the decoration.

The paper and cloth may be'stained or died before being united, and, when combined with the adhesive mixture and dried, may be made into lambrequins with no further ornamentation other than printing the border.

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Having thus described my invention, What I claim. as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' The new article of manufacture-a lambrequin made of paper, or paper and cloth combined.

. HENRY M. JOHNSTON.

Witnesses:

O. S. FOLLETT, DAVID Emma.

Texture and quality of various materials of which lambrequins are nowmade can be imitated by em! bossing with rolls, dies, or in any other suitable man- 

